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pingus.softonic.com

Domain Information

This domain is owned and operated by Softonic International.
Server location:
Catalonia, Spain (ES)

ASN:
AS51773 SOFTONIC-AS SOFTONIC INTERNATIONAL S.L.

Root domain:
softonic.com

Registered by:
Softonic International

Scanner detections:
Adware/unwanted app distribution

Scan engine
Details
Detections

F-Prot
W32/MalwareF.KJBK
50.00%

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softonic (M)
50.00%

The domain pingus.softonic.com has been seen to resolve to the following IP address.

46.28.209.1
www.softonic.com
April 13, 2016

File downloads found at URLs served by pingus.softonic.com.

1 / 68      (PUP)
http://pingus.softonic.com/universaldownloader-launch  (softonicdownloader_para_pingus.exe)

1 / 68      (inconclusive)
http://pingus.softonic.com/.../trmsvRChbxdrflJq3ZIylWsXfmbmYGwgWnzQBmkAP uXSl KjyGEAisgWreTuFDFKuVEkNTBGKZAIYdbosUVhURjNHRmhj1UdxCaJ7IXHQnY vD4vY8a4yA2647ADj7KwpTngtE7XoS0MgslSguEKwk=  (pingus-0.7.2.exe)

The following file have been seen to comunicate with pingus.softonic.com in live environments.

TCP » 46.28.209.1:80
{blocked}.exe

softonic.com.br

softonic.com.it

softonic.com.fr

softonic.com.de

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